nearest relative definition
nearest relative in relation to a person means the first in order of priority of the following persons, who has attained the age of 18 years and is reasonably available at the relevant time —
nearest relative means, subject to section 52, the person first described in subsection (1) who is for the time being surviving and, in a case to which subsection (2A) is relevant, who consents in writing to be the nearest relative, relatives of the whole blood being preferred to relatives of the same description of the half-blood and the elder or eldest of 2 or more relatives described in any paragraph of that subsection being preferred to the other or others of those relatives, regardless of sex.
nearest relative means a person of at least eighteen years of age, whether or not living in the Islands, who is, in relation to the person concerned —
More Definitions of nearest relative
nearest relative means the individual described as such in section 26 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or any individual carrying out the same functions following an order made under section 29 of that Act;
nearest relative. , of a directive-maker, means the person most closely connected to the directive-maker, using the following order of relationships with the directive-maker, and, if there is more than one of any type, priority shall be given to the most senior in age of that type —
nearest relative means, subject to subsection (2), the person who would be, or would be exercising the functions of, the adult’s nearest relative under sections 53 to 57 of the 1984 Act if the adult were a patient within the meaning of that Act and notwithstanding that the person neither is nor was caring for the adult for the purposes of section 53(3) of that Act;
nearest relative means, with respect to a donor, (b) where no person qualifies under clause (a), the Public Guardian and Trustee; (« plus proche parent »)
nearest relative in relation to a patient means the person who has for the time being the functions under the Law of the nearest relative of that patient;
nearest relative means in strict order of priority—
nearest relative means nearest relative as defined in section 29 Mental Health ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ “New Complaints System” means the new complaints procedure which came into force on 1st April 2009 pursuant to the Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009 and which affects both Adult Social Care and NHS Health Complaints and Services